Vista Home Premium Upgrade - BSOD! help
15 February 2007, 12:04 PM
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Vista Home Premium Upgrade - BSOD! help
Not sure if anyone can help here, bought Vista Home Premium to upgrade home pc from XP SP2
Checked through the compatibility wizard thing and didnt list any problems, but tried installing 3 times now and each time gett he dredded Blue screen of death at the end of the install
2 files seem are listed on the BSOD - fltmgr.sys - which googles as an XP file system and spbbcdrv.sys - which is part of norton int sec.
So, wondering what to do next - can obviously remove Norton which should get around the second problem but what to do about fltmgr.sys ? can I copy this file off of a works XP machine and install it on the home pc?
So far not at all impressed in Vista - the comp. wizard program should have picked up these issues
Anyone else having problems?
Neil
Checked through the compatibility wizard thing and didnt list any problems, but tried installing 3 times now and each time gett he dredded Blue screen of death at the end of the install
2 files seem are listed on the BSOD - fltmgr.sys - which googles as an XP file system and spbbcdrv.sys - which is part of norton int sec.
So, wondering what to do next - can obviously remove Norton which should get around the second problem but what to do about fltmgr.sys ? can I copy this file off of a works XP machine and install it on the home pc?
So far not at all impressed in Vista - the comp. wizard program should have picked up these issues
Anyone else having problems?
Neil
15 February 2007, 12:15 PM
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They are norton problems for sure, had to remove it myself on a customers machine, use the downloadable norton removal tool to get rid though, as the uninstaller doesn't execute the removal procedure in full and leaves traces of symantec all over the system 32 dir and registry. 
15 February 2007, 12:31 PM
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Yep, this sounds like a Norton problem rather than a Vista one. Norton is nasty bug ridden, system hogging software, and you'd do well to use something else (Nod32 for example which works very well with xp and vista).
15 February 2007, 12:41 PM
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Thats the problem with OS upgrades; It carries over the same junk that was left on your last OS. Thats why if I ever get the opertunity to reinstall an OS; its always on a freshly formatted empty drive.
15 February 2007, 01:45 PM
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thanks for the replies folks
Never liked Norton - but thought paid for it so might as well use it. McAfee at work seems much better
Anyone know where I can download the norton removal tool then?
Neil
Never liked Norton - but thought paid for it so might as well use it. McAfee at work seems much better
Anyone know where I can download the norton removal tool then?
Neil
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Mine is completly stable runnig office 2007 pro, 3D studio 9 (64 bit), nero 7.7, adobe premiere 2.0 and corel X3 and a list as long as your arm of other utitilies and apps with no crashes as yet and I had it from the morning off launch.
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My new sony vaio runs perfectly on vista premium and it has more gadgets than james bond, it found all the sony controller parts and the graphics were just geforce mobile ones anyway. 
15 February 2007, 08:06 PM
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woohoo - removed the nasty stinky filthy son of a bitch that was Norton and guess what - Vista now running!
Any recommendations for an AV product?
Cheers all
Neil
Any recommendations for an AV product?
Cheers all
Neil
15 February 2007, 10:19 PM
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I'm using Avast anti virus, it's FREE 
avast! antivirus software - computer virus, worm and Trojan protection by ALWIL Software
Working no problems whatsoever with Vista home premium 64 bit, nothing has even once needed to be sent to Microsoft due to encountering an error and needing to close.
avast! antivirus software - computer virus, worm and Trojan protection by ALWIL Software
Working no problems whatsoever with Vista home premium 64 bit, nothing has even once needed to be sent to Microsoft due to encountering an error and needing to close.
15 February 2007, 11:38 PM
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My Vaio is 12 months old - too old for Sony to bother with drivers it would seem!
If you're running Vista on a Vaio now head over to this link and get your updater.
One VAIO | Service and Support
My 8 month old Vaio is still missing a driver for the screen brightness but i'm confident it'll appear, Sony have always been pretty good even for the older models.
Cheers, Andy
16 February 2007, 09:29 AM
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well Vista is not quite right as yet.....BSOD on shutting down, which I guess I can live with until I get to figure out whats up.
Apart from that anyone know how you can get all open windows to cascade and then rotate as per the vista ads?
Neil
Apart from that anyone know how you can get all open windows to cascade and then rotate as per the vista ads?
Neil
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